Biodegradation of pesticides by immobilized recombinant Escherichia coli

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 370-374

  Qiao, Ch L ^a   Yan, Y Ch ^a   Shang, H Y ^a,b   Zhou, X T ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOFENATE; CHLORPYRIFOS; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORPYRIFOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECTICIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0042845719     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0173-3     Document Type: Article

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